Curtain-stretcher.



PATENTED SEPT. 1,1908.

T. H. PURPLE. CURTAIN STRBTGHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3,1907.

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PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

T. H. PURPLE. CURTAIN STRETGHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3,' 1907.

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I THEO H. PURPLE, OF CONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN,

CURTAIN-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed June 3, 1907. Serial No. 376,954.

In addition to the bars so far described there is an independent or4separate bar which is also provided with iiXed pins H T 0 all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, Trino H. PURPLL a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a iesident of Constantine, count of St. Joseph, and Stateof Michigan, ave invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

cut-away portion J1 as shown .in Fig. 3. Cn one end of the bar J is anangle plate J2, and on the other end is a cam J3. The distance betweenthe plate are located in a My invention relates to curtain stretchers,J2 and cam J3 is egual to the distance bewhich are also applicable asclothes driers, tween the outside faces of the end lates D and has forits object improvements in and E. It will be apparent that tlie anglesuch devices. plate J2 and cam J3 serve as a means for The presentdevice is designed to occupy securing the bar J at any desired positiona small space, to be completely adjustable on the reel.

The end plate D is provided with a series of holes D1 (Fig. 4) andsecured by a suitable chain to the adjacent standard A is a pin whichpasses through a hole in the standard and serves to hold the reel at anydesired position. When the pin is removed 4the reel is free to rotate onthe shaft C. Around the edges of the end plate D and the edges of theintermediate plate G are T-shaped slots T in which are inserted slidingpins M. These pins are bent out of wire so as to have a T- shaped head,as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and an off-set at the pointed end. Theseoff-sets are turned so that they trail inward toward the center of theapparatus from each. of the plates which have the slots T.

In applying a lace curtain to the stretcher the bar J and pin K arefirst removed. The operator then adjusts the plate G on the shaft C sothat the distance between the plates D and G is equal to the width ofthe curtain.

so as to successfully hold anything from a small piece of lace or clothup to the widest and longest lace curtain, to be convenientlymanipulated, and whennot in use to be knocked down7 so that it may bepacked away.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is aplan; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail inend elevation; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section showing one of thecurtain holding pins and the slot therefor; and Fig, 6 is a perspectiveview of the pin.

In the said drawin s A, A, are two upright standards whici are connectedtogether by a cross bar or bridge-tree B On the cross-bar B are bracketsB1, and running the base of each standard A is a screw A1. Thumb nuts A2serve to hold the brackets 1 to the standards A. AAs the standards A arenot rigidly secured together at any other place the mere removal of thethumb nuts A2 permits the frame work to be taken down.

Supported in a hole in the top of one standard A, and in a slot in thetop of the other standard, is a bar or shaft C upon which is mounted arectangular reel. This reel consists of two end plates D and E, and fourconnecting bars F. There is also an intermediate late G provided with ahub G1, and whicla is secured at any desired adjustment on the shaft Cby means of a set screw G2. Cne of the bars F is cut away, as 'shown atF1 in Fig. 8, and in this cutaway portion are a series of iXed pins HThis bar and one or more of the other bars are graduated as shown inFig. 2. The out side corners of the bars F are given a long round asshown vin Fig. 3, the object of which is to prevent the formation ofcreases in a curtain wound upon the reel.

pins H in bar F and follows this by hooking the edges (sides) of thecurtain on the pins M in plates D and G. In doing this she turns thereel on its shaft C until she comes to the other end of the curtain. Shethen inserts the pin K to hold the reel stationary, lows this byattaching the supplementary bar J adjacent to the last end of thecurtain. She then secures the iinal end of the curtain to the hooks orpins H on the bar J.

The reel is usually made of such size that the longest curtain will goab out twice around, and of a length sufficient to accommodate thewidest curtain. The bar F which holds the pins H, being grooved and thepins being below the outer surface of the bar, the second wrap of thecurtain does not strike the pins. The adjustable pins M and their slotsare so arranged that the said pins are securely held in proper positionwhile at the same time like those previously described, which pins Shethen hooks one end of the curtain on the and foliio they are freelymovable lengthwise in their slots. These are characteristicsparticularly desirable in devices of this kind.

The graduations heretofore mentioned vand illustrated in Fig. 2 assistthe operator in sesion for locking the reel in any desired position isadvantageous in manipulating vthe device when applying the curtain.

When the curtain is in place the stretcher may be lset near a stove andthe reel secured so as to hold one face toward the stove.

reel may then be turned on its axis so as 'to' o'cked in that position.

iat I vclaim is l. In a device of the class described, a reel mounted torotate upon an axis, said reel being composed of end plates connectedtogether by longitudinal bars, a series of pins secured to one of saidbars and serving as a means for holding lthe end of a curtain, aseriesof adjustable pins secured to one of said end plates and serving as ameans for holding one edge of the curtain, an intermediate plateaxial-ly adjustable to any desired Aposition between the end plates, andother adjustable pins secured to the intermediate plate and serving tohold lthe opposite edge of the curtain.

2. In a device ofthe character described, a series of parallel "barsmounted to rotate about an axis, a series of vpins secured to one ofsaid bars an previously mentioned bars, and a series of other pinssecured to said separate kbar and serving to hold the other end of thecurtain.

3. In a :curtain stretcher, a series yof parallel bars mounted to rotateabout an axis, a series of pins secured to one of said bars and servingto hold one end of a curtain, said pins being so located I'that theyWill not be touched by a curtain passing over said bar to the nextVadjacent bar, and a separate adjustable bar provided With pins forholding the other end of the curtain.

4. In a curtain stretcher, a reel composed of bars upon which a curtainmay be Wound, one of said bars `being provided With a groove, a seriesof curtain 'holding pins located in said groove as described, and aseparate adjustable bar provided with other curtain holding pins.

l 5. Ina curtain stretcher,

l of bars upon which a curtain may be Wound in successive layers,curtain holding pins 'being secured to one of said bars and so locatedas not to be touched by succeeding layers of the curtain Wound uponthereel, and an adjustable device for securing the linal end of thecurtain.

6. In a curtain stretcher, a series of bars mounted to rotate about anaxis and so arranged `as to constitute a reel upon Which a curtain maybe Wound, curtain holding devices secured to one of said bars and soarranged as not to touch succeeding layers of curtain Wound upon thereel, and an adjustable bar arranged to be secured to the reel overlayers of curtain already Wound thereon, said adjustable bar beingprovided With means for securing the iinal end of the curtain.

l 7. A curtain holding reel mounted to rotate upon an axis, devices onsaid reel and located inside of the exterior surface thereof forsecuring one end of a curtaink to be Wound upon the reel, other devicesarranged to be adjustable to suit the Width of the curtain and alsoarranged to project beyond the exterior surface of the reel so as toengage and hold each successive layer of curtain at the sides thereof,and a removable bar arranged to be secured at any position on the reelover the curtain Wound thereon and provided Witlh devices for securingthe final end of the ree 8. In a reel upon Which a curtain may be Woundfor drying or stretching, a bar provided With a series of pins forholding the lirs't end of a ycurtain Wound upon the reel, other pinscarried by the reel and serving as means for securing the sides of as itis being Wound upon the separate bar arranged to be secured at anyposition on kthe reel over the layers of Acurtains already Woundthereon, said separate bar being provided with means 'for holding thelinal end of the curtain.

Signed at Constantine, Mich., this 31st day of May 190 n THEO II.PURPLE. Witnesses:

E. W. KEIGHTLEY, GEORGE CRossETT HARVEY.

reel, and a a reel composed the curtain

